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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Avignon or Hong Kong?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Avignon for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Avignon’s own page.

Choose Hong Kong for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Avignon 22, Hong Kong 50: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Hong Kong 60: Avignon leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Hong Kong 68: Avignon leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Hong Kong 27: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Hong Kong 55: Avignon leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Hong Kong 42: Hong Kong leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Hong Kong.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Avignon
53match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Avignon has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonHong Kong
Official languageFrenchStandard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation10 m7 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonHong Kong
City population92,1887,413,070
People per km²1,420-
Museums within 10 km1139
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.